Very good condition featuring double cutaway contoured ash body with Butterscotch Blonde transparent finish, anodized black aluminum pickguard, three single coil Stratocaster pickups, one volume control and two tone controls with parchment white skirted knobs, five way pickup selector switch with parchment white tip, two point pivot tremolo system with six individual fully adjustable steel block saddles, elongated oval shape output jack plate, maple neck with walnut skunk stripe, maple fingerboard with black dot inlays starting at the third fret, bone nut, small maple Fender Stratocaster peghead with Fender spaghetti logo, Stratocaster logo and Made in USA, single string tree, six in a line vintage Kluson style tuning machines, serial number printed on the back of the peghead and Fender Special Edition decal, four bolt neck fastening plate with Fender and Corona, California engravings, two metal strap buttons, original trem arm and original black molded Fender hard shell case. This guitar weighs 7lb 5oz.
This 2001 Fender Special Edition Stratocaster is in very good cosmetic condition showing only slight signs of play wear throughout the body and one discolored spot on the pickguard from someone resting their pinky (see photos). The neck has a smaller C shaped profile that feels great and well broken-in in hand. The medium jumbo fret wire shows some signs of play wear but the frets have loads of life left. The polyurethane finish has been removed from the fingerboard and the fingerboard has been oiled which really gives this guitar a very lived in awesome feeling. There is a cigarette burn on the headstock beside the low E tuner. The pickups are the Van Zandt Vintage Plus set. The pots and switch are also from Van Zandt and there is an Emerson capacitor installed. These electronics are a major upgrade to this Strat and sound fantastic. These pickups are extremely well balanced and really deliver a superior bell like tone that rival some vintage Strats that I have owned. The Butterscotch Blonde finish is extremely cool and attractive and the anodized aluminum black pickguard really sets it off.
This Stratocaster was well loved by its previous owner for very good reason - It’s a killer American made tone machine. If you're looking for a superb lightweight American made Fender Stratocaster with a killer tone that is ready for 1000 more gigs, this one should be at the top of your list.
